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The Cecil Whig., 1887-11-05
A FallaciouS Argument.

The CcW Democrat recently as
serted that the present rate of taxation
in Cecil county was lower than that in
any county in Maryland under Repub-
lican rule.
We refuted this statement by showing
that the present rate of taxation IN
Washington county where the Republ-
cans are in power was "A cents on the
Sroo-whiIe in Cecil county it is SO
cents.
To break the force of this rejoinder,
the Democrat now arrays figures to
show that in ten successive years the
average rate in that county is higher
on the 500 than in Cecil, and con-
cludes that our people are taxed more
lightly than the people of Washington
county.
We can prove in moment to the
contrary.
Washington county is the third
county in Maryland in population and
wealth, and has a wheat acreage of
about 56,923 acres, on which she grows
annually over one million bushels of
wheat, while Cecil county has wheat
acreage OF only 29,S75, and grows ~
thousand bushels, or only about one
third as much as the farmers of Wash
ington county. They have therefore
three times the resources to pay taxes
out of compared with our farmers
Now their assessible basis is about II
millions, while ours is about IA millions.
At "a cents on the sIoo they have
about SI25,oo to pay, while we at SO
cents have about SII2, 1000 to pay. But
they have three times the resources to
pay an amount of annual levy only
about $4,000 more than our own, as
revenue derivable from three times the
acreage OF their principal staple wheat,
with population of $1,000, against ours
of only $1,000.
Why is this1
The reason is very plain. Their
lands are assessed very much lower
than ours in Cecil, where but few acres
would sell to-day In the market for the
figures at which they are assessed. Isn't
it plain, therefore, that the farmers Of
Washington county are getting a
cheaper home government even at all
increased rate per SIoo, with a lower
assessible basis than the farmers of
Cecil county2
There is nothing in the Democrat S
exhibit, SO ostentatiously paraded.
The Cecil Whig., 1887-11-05
Sheriff ,JDDuSon

We are glad to know that our cauGi-
date for sheriff, Mr.. Samuel NJ. johnson,
is receiving such support as insures his
election bei on It reasonable doubt. There
was at one time in the campaign dispo-
stion among a few of our temperance
Republicans, to criticiSe Mr.. Johnson,
but this we are glad to know has all dis
appeared. He comes of stock whose
name is a synonym for integrity and
faithful performance of duty, and this
fact is appreciated, and will insure his
success.
The Cecil Whig., 1887-11-05
E. $. -7879-u. Il.

THE North East Star reminds us
of a little steamboat in South Caro-
lima that the Rev. Sam Jones tells
about. This boat had such a small
boiler, but such big whistle, that
every time it blew its whistle it had
to stop.
The regularity with which the
editor of the Star, comes to Elkton
after his weekly bI07g, and lays his
head in the resttul lap Of the leaders
of the Young Democracy" indi-
Gates that his steam is quickly ex-
hausted, and that he needs a little
tuel' to get up more.
The Cecil Whig., 1887-11-05
The Democratic Economic trade mark
E. $. s.-7879-U.N NJ.

joseph S. HEISLER, OF Baltimore,
addressed a few Democrats at Port
Deposit on Friday night oflas' week.
His confederate sympathizers in that
town said that they recognized a
familiar acquaintance III the old
speech he delivered-it being one he
got off there on at least two previous
occasions. But after it delivery this
time it had become so stale that it
pleased none, and offended many,
several Democrats being so cut
spoken in their disgust that they de-
clared they would never vote another
Democratic ticket.
The Cecil Whig., 1887-11-05

Now the economical (2) point of
this bill IS simply the fact. that while
Mr.. w. R. and his jovial "Ring" as
sociates were having their protracted
spree at the countys expense, Me real
criminals rcre net z0ithln ten miles Of
them, uhlle one had quietly left the
county and sought shelter near An
naboHS. Weeks after this miserable
failure IN detective work, one of the
participants in the crime confessed his
guilt, and the arrest of his associates fol-
flowed, not one clue, trace or step in
the case beng due to the gentlemen
who mulcted the county into the nice
little sum of $5j3.S5, practically for
doing nothing except aid in defying
law in Chesapeake City, and in dong
police duty in bringing Paul Read from
Annapolis to Elkton. No greater fraud
was ever perpetrated upon the county
than the bill paid them tor rendering
the county no service, except the trivial
service named The items of personal
expenses charged the county, showed
the character OF the service. They run
in large measure in this wise:
Expense at Vance's (whisky) in seek
ing information.
EXPENSE at Vance's (whisky) in seek
ing information.
Expense at Vance's (whlsky) in seek
ing information.
Expense at opening saloon (whlsky).
Expense at saloon with different men
(whisky).
Expense at Amann's (beerl &c,
Expense at Amanns (beer) &c,
Expense at Amann's (beer) &c,
forming a saloon bill for illicit
whisky drunk at county expense, and
constituting large proportion of the
items of personal expense charged,
while to this aggregate was added SS
per diem, for 40 Z days for Mr.. w. J.
RS. abortive effort through the medium
of bad whisky, consumed from saloon
to saloon, daily and nightly, week day
and Sunday, in open violation of law,
under the weak pretence of seeking the
murderer of Chilly the Joker" For all
this the people paid out of hard earned
taxes just $j53.S5, and which our
prohibition friend of the North East
Star unconsciously tells US was
economically (2) spent.
The Cecil Whig., 1887-11-05

HE WHO ferret has been nOslng
around the county treasury, hunting
for evidences of Democratic eXtraVa-
gance.-CrcI Dcm0cak
Has Mr.. Crook shanks the audacity
to intimate that the public accounts
on file in the Commissioners office
shall not be accessible, when cour-
teously asked for, to any citizen of
the county who may desire to ex-
anime them? We can very readily
understand why the old Rat ot the
Democrat office who has burrowed
so long in the subterrarean depths OF
the old Hole in the Wall, should
dread investigation. There is a
natural antipathy between rats and
ferrets, hence the ever present dread
that something unfavorable may be
dragged into the public light. Does
Mr.. Crookshanks recall how in 1881
he vainly endeavored TO cover up a
deficiency on Bond account in that
office OF S22, ,22o by trying to make
the people believe it was only IS, 900,
and that, after Mr.. Richard G.. Reese
an able and honest accountant and
who was then County Commissioner
had pubiicly admitted, that the real
deficiency was S22, ,a2or
And now the ancient rodent ID
the Democrat office threatened with
The Cecil Whig., 1887-11-05
The cabalstic motto, which every tax
payer admires-
E. 5. s.-7879-u. x.L.
Not Pretty, but Can Travel on His Figure

Not Pretty. but Can Travel on His Figure.
CEARLEsTowN FLATS, Nov. 2, 1887.
Mr.. ToLBERr
amt much at writin, and kin pint
fence rail, bettern can a peu. We have
a nice gal down here who amt much for
beauty in her face but has got a monstros
nice bussel. We always say of her, Lie
Jump aint purity but she can travel on
her tigger. Bless your soul when | read
in your paper how far Mr. Sentm:.n had
Travelled when he was commissioner, and
had charged it to the county, it struck
me he was amazin like Lie jump. lie
aint purity but he can trarel on his .fgger.
BUsHwHACKER.
The Cecil Whig., 1887-11-05

Two weeks ago The WIG asked
DR.. Mackall and MIR. Caldwell, and Mr.
Moore, what their attitude is towards
the new Constitutional Convention.
They have seen proper to make no re-
ply, and their silence justifes US in as
suming that they favor the latest pro-
ject of the Democratic State Ring, by
which the tax payers are to be saddled
with an additional debt of 100000.
Do the people of the county COM
mend that attitude?
The Cecil Whig., 1887-11-05

EVERY citizen who is opposed to the
system which permits the Board OF
County Commissioners to turn itself
into junketing committee, by which
the charge of one member alone of
that Board against the county was run
up IN one levy to the enormous sum of
$1.SjG.7O, ought to deposit a bal
lot for Messrs. Williams, Bond and
Crothers.
The Cecil Whig., 1887-11-05
E. $. s.-7879-u. X.

If man owes $1,000 to A, and
borrows that sum from B, and pays ii
to A, how much does he still oweP
The published statement of county
affairs shows an indebtedness of S75,-
900. But the financial wise-acres of
the young Democracy" say "we have
aken $40, 900 of the present levy, and
reduced that Indebtedness to SIS 5,ooo."
Concede it-but at the end of the fis-
cal year, won't you be $4,000 short on
your expense account?
The Cecil Whig., 1887-11-05

AFTER all has been said that can be
said by the leaders OF the "Young Fem
ocracy," backed up by the frantic raw
ings of the fool editor of Tie Demo-
crut, the fact remains, that the tax
payers of the county are groaning un-
der oppressive taxation to meet debt
of $3.50 in addition to current ex-
penses with nothing to show for it but
miserable roads, closed school houses,
a patched-up court house, and a mad
aSVlum.
The Cecil Whig., 1887-11-05

THE editor of THE WHIG has not
the slightest desire to be clerk to the
board of County Commissioners but
if he ever should in the distant flu
ture be honored with that evidence
of public confidence, he would at
least endeavor to do himself more
credit in it than man named George
w. Crookshanks, who while he filled
that office charged the county ST, 500
per annum, but paid Mr.. John S.
Rossell 5000 year to report tor the
Democrat and do the clerical wo k
of the Commissioner desk, while he
Crookshanks (picking his finger
nails months in and months ouD
coolly pocketed the difference
S9oo-each year.
The Cecil Whig., 1887-11-05
If a million and one hundred thousand

If a million and one hundred thousand
bushels of wheat in Washington county
pays $125. 900 taxes, how much ought
Cecil's four hundred and seventy-one
thousand pay ? Why just $53, 977 taxes.
Yet our farmers pay every year Sl12, 900,
and the Cecil Democrat asserts our home
government is cheaper than it is in
Washington county.
The Cecil Whig., 1887-11-05

Ir is a good thing that the cam
paign is so nearly over. Two or
three weeks more would have filled
the new insane asylum with young
Democrat" bereft of reason by their
abortive efforts to grapple the edl-
torials in the Ce0I Democrat. No
body else made an effort to under
stand them.
The Cecil Whig., 1887-11-05
Elkton, Nov. ;, 1887.

WHEN the late Jethro McCullnugh one
of the souudest business men who ever
blessed Cecil county by living i'll it, was
County Commissioner, his salary was so
per annum. There are some few things
get, and among them, the strict integrity
The Cecil Whig., 1887-11-05

A "YoUNG DEMOCRAT" from
North East was in Elkton one after
noon this week, and after an hours
consultation with his fellow-young-
sters remarked as he was leaving,
hat he didn't want to meet that
Symposium" on the road after
night He took it for wild beast.
The Cecil Whig., 1887-11-05

SAID one unterriied Young Demo
cratic another-''whati is a Symposium
anyhow ?" "Oh," said the other ''it is
a new tangled kind of machine that
Crookshanks has in his back yard to
squirt mud"
Judging from the Generals" ap-
pearance, the thing squirts both ways.
The Cecil Whig., 1887-11-05

A "yoUNG" Democrat down town
says, that he always begins at the
end OF Crookshank's S editorials and
reads them backwards. He gets the
hang of them better IN that way
When he gets hold of an unusually
muddy one, he turns the paper uE
side down and reads it edgeways.
The Cecil Whig., 1887-11-05

NOTHING but over confidence on the
part OF Republicans can defeat Samuel
M. Johnson for sheriff. His election
is conceded even by the youngest of
the Juvenile Democracy" But we
urge Republicans throughout the
county not to cease their efforts in his
behalf until the polls close.
The Cecil Whig., 1887-11-05

expulsion by the people, sees his tat
nibblinss disappearing before him,
shivers in his old hide, and shrieks
from behind the walls of his hole.
His keen and practiced old nose
scents defeat in the air. Let it come
Heaven knows the patient tax pay
ers of Cecil county have through
long years of Democratic extrava-
eance well earned the right to enjoy
the welcome fruits of such a victory
The Cecil Whig., 1887-11-05

ONE or two more ".SrWbosiumS'
from the pen of the Sorehead Editor
of The Democrat, will justify an in
QUESTION dc IHnahco inqHi,end0 in his
case. Fortunately we have a mad
as ylum close at hand.
The Cecil Whig., 1887-11-05
The "Operatice" Economic trademark
w. j. -$553.97-R. U. NJ.

EVERY citizen of Cecil county who
believes in the public school system,
and who is opposed to the policy that
keeps the public schools locked and
closed for five months in the year,
ought to vote for Crothers, Bond and
Williams.
The Cecil Whig., 1887-11-05

A WORD OF advice to our miable
cotemporary of the North East STAR
Go slowly, brother; your tempera-
ture is getting dangerously high for
an Independent; your pressure is too
strong. Keep your eye on your
boiler hen YOU blow your whistle.
The Cecil Whig., 1887-11-05

The money of the county must have
been expended properly, because there
IS in the Commissioner office voucher
for every dollar spent. Thus argues
the too conhding editor of the North
East Star.
Well ! Well was there ever before
such an exhibition of rustic simplicity
and lnnoCenCep
Twinkle on, little Star, up above the
world en- far
The Cecil Whig., 1887-11-05
FRANCIS A. ELLIS.

s.Of no distemper of no blast he died.
But fell ike autumn fruit that mellowed long;
Even wondered at, because he dropt no sooner"
Few men have shared in a higher
measure the affectionate regard of
his fellow men than he who-e e name
heads this memorial tribute, and few
whose deaths have made a wider
vacancy in the multiplied relations
OF social and business life.
For two generations he has been
foremost in all projects affecting the
welfare of society, and in matters
looking to the religious, moral, and
political advancement of community.
Popular education in our county
owes probably more to his efforts
than to those of any other person.
1t was through his Jealous and un-
relenting efforts that public school
system was adopted in this county
and he warmly e,poused its interests
until the State adopted the present
system.
AS member of the old Wing
party he upheld the doctrines OF
Clay and Webster, and was honored
by his party with nominations for
prominent and responsible positions.
During the war he was a staunch
Unionist making his devotion to his
government a subject OF Conscience
and religion.
Our local insurance company Of
which he was ar officer since its in
corporation over forty years ago,
owes its life and growth from an OBJ
scure company to its present prolni
nent position among Maryland COM
panies more to his individual efforts,
perhaps, than to all others COM
bined.
His position in the Methodist
churcn WAS among the most promi-
nent,and he was regarded as the lead
ing laymen OF the conference with
which he was connected.
The young ministers of the con-
ference always looked to him as their
trusted friend and he never failed to
lend them wise counse and a hel p
ing hand.
He WAS an earnest worker in what
ever he undertook, even when he
"declined into the vale of years"
age did not conquer his activity, and
although Heaven granted him over
four score years he sank to his grave
in full age like as a shock OF corn
COmcth in its ScasO
He wore the marks ui many years well spent,
OF virtue, truth well tired, and wise experience
The Cecil Whig., 1887-11-05

n vofe for Wess,s. Bond,
Williams and Cr0ihers means
a return to b1udent and eco
nomical county management.
Isn't this a good time TO try
and saue a little Of The beo-
Die S WONeV2
The Cecil Whig., 1887-11-05

THE Democratic managers in Cecil
county point to our 1ew mad house
with much boasting. In one respect
it is a wise provision. tor they have
run the taxes in the county up SO
high, that r7e,y6odyiS is mad and some
almost crazy.
The Cecil Whig., 1887-11-05

4 cote for Nessrs. Bond,
Williams and Cr0therS means
a return TO b1udent and eco
nomical county management.
Isn't this a good time to try
and sare a little Of the beo-
b/e'S WONeV?
The Cecil Whig., 1887-11-05
Public Schools.

Nr. Filter: | read your sues' ions, imp'y-
ing, as | conceived, that | am opposed to
public schools This charge j. an old ono
and false as Old. | am then in favor Of
keeping open the pubic schools ten mont hs
in the year free To the children If IL e. lsses
| do not love ignoranc'' aud am therefore III
favor of giving the children of all alike an
opportunity of acquiring good English
education. Respectfully,
Il. c. MACKALL.
The Cecil Whig., 1887-11-05

WITH l.. Marshall Haines as States
Attorney, we can assure the people of
the county that there will be sufficient
strains in the 0Wrc" to run it eth-
ciently and well.
The Cecil Whig., 1887-11-05

EVERY citizen of Cecil county who
feels the hardships of excessive taxa
ton, and who tavors a return to pru-
dent and economical management,
ought to cast ballot for Messrs. Bond,
Williams, and Crothers.
The Cecil Whig., 1887-11-05

LET every body irrespective OF
party vote against new Constitu-
ton. 1t is scheme of the Ring to
create fat berths for Ringsters, to
overthrow the State Judiciary, to
steal the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal,
and to impose upon the taxpayers
of the State an additional debt of at
least 100000.
The Cecil Whig., 1887-11-05

The election of Messrs.
Bond, CrOthers and VII
HaD1s means the end of free
iunhetinG trips at the e.r-
pense Of the people.
The Cecil Whig., 1887-11-05

Will the most ardent defender OF the
economical (?) system which prevails
in this county, pretend to argue that
the county commissioners were justified
in increasing so enormously their own
official salaries by charging for services
as engineers while a professional one
was employed in experimenting the
same work.
Nobody finds fault with that board
for employing one engineer at a proper
compensation. That was good business
judgment, and perfectly warrantable in
view Of the amount and character of the
work the county then had in hand.
But under the patent India rubber
system which now prevails, is the 70h0Le
court to turn out on the road and play
engineer
Because Mr.. Sentman or Mr.. Potter
felt the spur of an inordinate ambition,
impelling them to put themselves on
record as the greatest American official
| travellers of their times, how soon, un-
der the same conveniently elastic sys-
tenn, is some still more ambitious official
athlete in the same office, bound to beat
the Sentman record2
Are the groaning taxpayers of Cecil
county legally or morally bound to
maintain, pay and support whole corps
of self-constituted engineers, whenever
an all wise Providence sees fit to pour
down too bountiful showers upon
the tax burdened, and over assessed
fields of Cecil county,
But to the ambitious Democratic
office holder what blessing in disguise
those floods proved. What a conven-
lent fence behind which money making
officials can juke. Let a taxpayer
growl, under the heavy burden of
SIS, 900, accumulated county indebted
ness, or groan when he sees the amount
OF his individual tax bill, out comes the
hippant answer, "Blame tito the floods, "
"Charge it to the foods"
But now after the floods have rained
dollars into the pockets Of the taxeaters
and washed them ont of the pockets of
the taxpayers, the response comes back
to the people ooh it was only a little
shower after all, " the money was all
spent, nobody has stolen any, if you're
mad about it, go to your own mad
house you've got new one.
Mark our prediction gentlemen,
there's political deluge at hand for
some of you.
The Cecil Whig., 1887-11-05

A PROMINENT "Young Democrat"
was recently heard to say, that if GER
tain candidate on the Democratic ticket
should be elected, the streets of Elkton
would have to be widened to give him
room
The Cecil Whig., 1887-11-05

"GlNERAL," why not put that
Symposium" in little alcohol, and
preserve it for future generations as
a mud Curiosity2
The Cecil Whig., 1887-11-05

WE think that Mr. Benjamin P.
Hanson-a factional candidate, nomi.
mated by minority-is beaten.
The Cecil Whig., 1887-11-05

If tux bills Uere payable
on ne.rt Tuesday Messrs.
Williams. CrOthers and
Bond 1UOuId hare u MAYOR
ity Of fire hundred in the
cOURtU.
The Cecil Whig., 1887-11-05

Messrs. UhIer. Roman.
and NcCzeary, 1ri1L make
excellent Judges Of our Or
Dh0Jas' Court. T'0te for
Them
The Cecil Whig., 1887-11-05

Economic Degrees Of Comparison
Positive
W,D.P.-$612. .SO-X.l,N.T.
Comparative
W.S.P.-$9S0. .4O-X, |. COR.
Superlative
E.s.s. 81, $3.50. .7O-Uxl.M,AlI
The Cecil Whig., 1887-11-05

No matter where you 90 for your clothes
you will loose money if you buy anywhere
else than at th. reliable Baltimore House
Ochm x Son Pratt street near Hanover.
All visitors to Baltimore should give this
he ase a call.
The Cecil Whig., 1887-11-05

Tile election Of Williams,
CroIheys and Bond means the
end Of free .IHnkeffn.s- h7bs,
at the expense Of the people.
The Cecil Whig., 1887-11-05
EOr Rent.

TNHE FARM of the late Joshua Jack
4 son, two miles north oi Elkton conta ming
$50 acres. Applicants must come well recon-
mended. Applyto -
JAMES +. JACKSON,
NOv5If the premises.
The Cecil Whig., 1887-11-05
Past Floods, and a Deluge Nigh.

The WHIG ferret has been nosing
around the county treasury hunting for
evidences of Democratic extravaganza.
-CecI Democrat.
Yes sir. barring your dirty names,
the editor of The WIG has been ex-
amining accounts on file in the peoples
office commonly known as the County
Commissioners office, and while he was
courteously treated there, he could feel
the uneasy spirit of Mr.. Crookshank's
lowering round that room. In his
minds eye Horatio, he saw the appre-
hensive glance, the worried, restless
look, that marks the hirsute counten-
ance of the hoary old sinner, whose
spirit fingers around the old Hole in
the-Wall.
And what did the editor of The
WHIG find there.
He found snugly filed away conclu-
sive proofs of extravagant and reckless
county expenditure.
He found one county commissioner
charging the county for 1879 miles
travelled for and charged to the people
of Cecil county during his single term
of office.
He found the sum of $4,SS2.S4
levied upon the harrassed taxpayers of
this county in one year by four gentle
men principally for engineer CD ser
vices rendered them. 1t reads in this
The Cecil Whig., 1887-11-05
ORDER NISI.
TRUSTEES SALE.

pY VIRTUE of decree of the Circuit
- Court Tor CeOl County in Equity, the under
signed trustee will offer at public sale at the Court
mouse door in the town of ElktOn, Cecil county,
Maryland, on
Tuesd ty, the 29th day of November, 1887,
at > O'Clock p. nj all that tract parcel OF land
n.AIht.LI
The Cecil Whig., 1887-11-05
121 ACRES QF LAND,

More or Less, situate on Big Elk Creek, In Cecil
county. near the town of ElktOn, and being the
farm whereon VIM. :. Kitchens now resides The
farm is situated within halt-milc OF the town
limits. The land is OF excellent natural quality
and in good state OF cultivation, well watered.
being bounded ON one side by Big Elk Greek and
well adapted iOr a dairy farm.
The Cecil Whig., 1887-11-05

REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS,
State Ticket
FOR GOVERNOR:
WALTER B. BROOKS,
OF BALTIMORE COUNTY.
FOR COMPTROLLER:
ROBERT B. DIXON,
OF TALBOT COUNTY.
FOR ATTORNEY-GENERAL:
FRANCIS MILLER,
OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
County Ticket
FOR THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES:
CHARLES w. WILSON,
IOHN S. SETTLE;
ENOCH MOVES.
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS:
THOMAS c. BOND,
IOHN ! WILLIAMS,
JAMES c. CROTHERS.
FOR STATE S ATTORNEY:
l.. MARSHALL HA1NES.
FOR SHERIFF:
SAMUEL NJ. JOHNSON.
FOR JUDGES OF THE ORPHANS COURT
DR.. HENRY N. UHLER,
DR.. SAMUEL I. ROMAN,
IOHN MCCLEARY
FOR COUNTY SURVEYORS:
HENRY M. NICOLS.
Election Day Tuesday, Norenlber Hh.
The Cecil Whig., 1887-11-05
County Ticket

FOR THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES:
CHARLES w. WILSON,
JOHN S. SETTLE,
ENOCH MOVES.
The Cecil Whig., 1887-11-05
REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS,

ELKToN. NOVEMBER 5, 1887.
The Cecil Whig., 1887-11-05
FOR SHERIFF:
SAMUEL NJ. JOHNSON.

FOR JUDGES OF THE ORPHANS COURT:
DR.. HENRY N. UHLER,
DR.. SAMUEL L. ROMAN,
JOHN MCCLEARY